2002 FIFA World Player of the Year

Template:Short description The 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Ronaldo for a record-breaking third time. It was the award's 12th edition. Mia Hamm won the women's award. The gala was hosted at the Congress Centre in Madrid, on December 17, 2002. 147 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote for the men's edition and 77 for the women's. The ceremony theme was Real Madrid's Centenary Charity match against the World XI (3-3) that was played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in front of 55,000 spectators. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Results

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Country	Points
1	Ronaldo	Template:Flagicon Inter Milan Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Brazil	387
2	Oliver Kahn	Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich	Template:Flagicon Germany	171
3	Zinedine Zidane	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon France	148
4	Roberto Carlos	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Brazil	114
5	Rivaldo	Template:Flagicon Barcelona Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Brazil	92
6	Raúl	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Spain	90
7	Michael Ballack	Template:Flagicon Bayer Leverkusen Template:Flagicon Bayern Munich	Template:Flagicon Germany	82
8	David Beckham	Template:Flagicon Manchester United	Template:Flagicon England	51
9	Thierry Henry	Template:Flagicon Arsenal	Template:Flagicon France	38
10	Michael Owen	Template:Flagicon Liverpool	Template:Flagicon England	34

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Mia Hamm	Template:Flagicon Washington Freedom	161
2	Template:Flagicon Birgit Prinz	Template:Flagicon FFC Frankfurt Template:Flagicon Carolina Courage	96
3	Template:Flagicon Sun Wen	Template:Flagicon Atlanta Beat Template:Flagicon Shanghai SVA	58
4	Template:Flagicon Tiffeny Milbrett	Template:Flagicon New York Power	45
5	Template:Flagicon Marinette Pichon	Template:Flagicon Saint-Memmie Olympique Template:Flagicon Philadelphia Charge	42
6	Template:Flagicon Christine Sinclair	Template:Flagicon Vancouver Whitecaps	38
7	Template:Flagicon Steffi Jones	Template:Flagicon Washington Freedom	19
8	Template:Flagicon Hege Riise	Template:Flagicon Carolina Courage	17
9	Template:Flagicon Sissi	Template:Flagicon San Jose CyberRays	14
10	Template:Flagicon Bai Jie	Template:Flagicon Washington Freedom	13
11	Template:Flagicon Hanna Ljungberg	Template:Flagicon Umeå IK	11
12=	Template:Flagicon Kristine Lilly	Template:Flagicon Boston Breakers	10
12=	Template:Flagicon Katia	Template:Flagicon San Jose CyberRays	10